INDEX 



329 



Motor, demand for saddle horses, 317 

 draft horses, influence of motor 



on, 319 

 importance of, 314 

 other factors influencing demand 



for horses, 314 

 prices of horses, influence of 



motor on, 318 

 supplementing horse in service, 



316 

 vogue of motor, 315 

 Mouths, 270, 271 

 Mule, 309 



advantages of, 310 

 breeding of, 309 

 classes of, 309 

 importance of, 309 

 mare mules, 312 

 Muscular action, 6 



Nick, 183 

 Nose band, 280 



Oat straw, 241 

 Oats, 235 



crushed, 245 

 oat straw, 241 

 sheaf oats, 241 

 Oriental horse, 72 



influence of, 76 

 Orloff, 108 

 Overdraw check, 275 

 abuse of, 275 

 use of, 275 



Paddling, 30 

 Park horse, 53 

 Pasture, 242 

 Pastures, 192 



limestone in, 192 

 Pedigree, 181 



certificate, value of, 185 



duplicate, 185 



eligibility for registration, 185 



short pedigree, 190 



transfers, 184 



value of registration, 184 



Percheron, 84 



distinctive features of, 88 



early service, 85 



foundation of, 85 



importance of, 90 



modification of type of, 85 

 Pilots, 117 

 Pointing, 31 

 Polo ponies, 69 



Ponies over 1 1-2, not exceeding 14-2, 

 69 



under 46 inches, 69 

 Pony breeds, 133-139 



division, 66 



classification of, 66 

 Pounding, 31 

 Prepotency, 182 



definition of, 182 



determined by, 182 

 Principles of breeding, 180 



definition of breeding, 180 



heredity, 180 



law of ancestral inheritance, 180 



variation, 180 

 Private sales, 300 

 Pulled corn, 241 

 Pure-bred, 184-185, 189 



Quality, 45, 141 



Race horse, 57 



runner, 59 



hind leg of, 59 

 Raising horses, 213 

 Ration, 245 



amount of, 245 



character of, 245 



preparation of, 245 



sudden changes in, 246 



variety in, 246 

 Reins, 282 



fingering of, 282 



grip of, 282 



take-up of, 282 

 Reversion, 183 



